A Slice Of Fairness led by Audience Strategies, demonstrating how Aslice distributed $422,000 to over 27,000 producers from 57 countries since it first started.“We developed a revenue-sharing software that worked–without any corporate funding or influence,” they wrote in a statement. “Aslice has always been dedicated to ensuring music producers are compensated fairly, driven by a simple yet profound principle: share with the artists you love.”However, the report also pointed to the “the challenging dynamics of the electronic music industry”, adding that it did not make a profit whilst operating.
DJ and label owner Sam Barker added in a statement of his own that Aslice was “the last hope for dance music producers in this comically unfair economy”, adding: “I’m also angry.
Because the reason it’s ceasing operations is because many of the highest paid DJs in the world decided not to contribute.”A post shared by Aslice (@asliceofficial)A post shared by Sam Barker (@samvoltek)“DJs earning eye watering sums for a gig, sometimes thousands each time they press play, seemingly took no interest in supporting those making the music.
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